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APPLICATION FILED JULY 17. 1912.

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VICTOR VON SCI-ILEGELL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HALE ANDKILIBURN COM- PANY, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OFDELAWARE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, T916.

Application filed J u1y 1'7, 1912. Serial No. 709,943.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Vroron VON SGHLE- GELL, acitizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of NewYork and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Car-Seats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to car-seats of the type in which theback-cushion is mounted stationarily at the rear edge of theseatcushion, the seat being of the non-reversible type.

The invention is directed to the provision of an improved form ofsupport for the end of a seat of this type which supports, whilepossessing the high degree of strength required in a support for thisuse, is of very light weight and is of such size and shape that it willnot restrict the freedom of entrance to the space directly in rear ofthe seat.

The further object of the invention is to provide a support of this typewhich may be manufactured at low cost and which is of attractiveappearance. I

In accordance with the invention the support for the end of the seat-andback-cushions is formed primarily from a single piece of sheet-metalpressed into form and having a base-portion which is secured to thefloor, a body portion having a flanged and inclined upper edge adaptedto receive and support the seat-cushion and a back-supporting armextending upwardly from the body-portion'and adapted to have the end ofthe back-cushion secured thereto. This seat-supporting member, beingmade of sheet-metal, may be pressed into form at relatively low cost andis of light weight. In order to secure the requisite degree of strengtha second sheet-metal piece is combined with the first one, this secondpiece extending over the angle in the first piece at the junction of thebody-portion and the back-supporting arm so as to form a reinforce atthis point where the support is subjected to the greatest strain andwhere it is necessary that the support be of relatively small size so asnot to encroach upon the space directly in rear of the seat. Preferably,the support is formed of two pressed sheet-metal pieces secured togetherat their edges and both of them formed into the a e-por i n which issecured to t floor and the body-portion of the support. When thisconstruction is employed the inner piece is extended from thebody-portion upwardly over the lower end of the back-supporting arm soas to constitute the necessary reinforce but it is not extended all theway up to the end of the baclcsupporting arm, this arm being formed fromthe outer piece only and being provided with a flange along its rearedge which flange coacts' with the rear face of the back-cushion whenthe arm proper is secured to the edge of the back-cushion. Either orboth of the two plates havetheir body-portions so shaped as to providean inclined cushion-supporting arm or surface upon which theseat-cushion is adapted to rest. In the preferred embodiment of theinvention, an inwardly extending flange is provided on the outersheet-metal piece for this purpose and this flange may be braced by acoacting flange on the upper edge of the body portion of the innerpiece.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is an end View of a car seatconstructed in accordance with the invention, Fig. 2 is a front view ofthe seat broken away and sectioned in part, Fig. 3 is a section on line33 of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a section on line 1-4 of Fig. 1, Figs. 5 and 6are sectional views on lines 55 and 6-6 respectively of Fig. 1, Fig. 7is an end view of a modified form of seat, Fig. 8 is a section on line88 of Fig. 7, Figs. 9 and 10 are detail sectional views on lines 99 and101O respectively of Fig. 7 Fig. 11 is an end view of another form ofcar-seat constructed in accordance with the invention, and Figs. 12, 13and 14: are sectional detail views on lines 12-12, 13-13 and l4r-14:respectively of Fig. 11.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to 6, the seat consists of a seat-cushion 15and a backcushion 16 having their ends mounted upon metallic supports.One of these supports may be used at the aisle end of the seat and theopposite end of the seat may be supported on the wall of the car or twoof the supports may be employed at the two ends of the seat as shown inthe drawings. The support consists of two pieces of sheet-metal cut tothe desired configuration, pressed into form and secured together attheir edges. These two pieces are so shaped as to provide a base-portion"1'7 fl aring downwardly and 19 to which the end of the back-cushion 16is secured. The shape of the outer-sheet metal piece 20 is shown inFigs. 1 and 2. At the upper edge of the body-portion of this piece 20 aninwardly extending flange 21 is provided which flange is inclined in thedirection of its length. The lateral edgesof the body-portion are alsoinclined, as shown at 22, to stiffen the construction and give it a morefinished appearance. The lower portion of the back-supporting arm 19 isalso provided with flanges 23 and 2e (Fig. 6) but the flange at theforward edge of this arm is discontinued at a point immediately belowthe edge of the back-cushion 16. The flange 24 at the rear edge of theback-supporting arm 19,'however, is extended up to the upper end of thearm 19 as shown in Fig. 2. The inner plate 25 of the seat-support isshaped to provide a body-portion corresponding to the body-portion ofthe outer plate and these two plates are secured together at the lateraledges. The plate 25 has a flange 26 at its upper edge which flange abutsagainst the flange 21 on the outer plate 20 and is secured thereto so asto make the flange 21 more rigid as this flange forms the support forthe seat cushion. The lower ends of the two plates are shaped in anysuitable manner to form the base-portion of the seat-support; in thepresent instance, this base-portion is shown as consisting of twotubular legs but it will be understood that a single leg or othersuitable form of base-portion may be employed if desired. Between thetwo legs the outer plate 20 is preferably provided with an inwardlydirected flange 27 which serves to further stiifen the construction andenhance the appearance.

The inner plate 25 is not extended up to the'upper end of theback-supporting arm 19 but is extended far enough to overlap the lowerportion of the arm 19, its upper end being indicated at 27 by the dottedline on Fig. 1. This extension 28 (Figs. 5 and 6) extends over the anglein the outer plate 20 at the junction of the body-portion and theback-supporting arm of the seat-support and its edges are secured,preferably by welding, to the edges of the flanges 23 and 24: on theouter plate 20 so that this extension 28 of'the inner plate 25 forms areinforce for the angle inthe seat-support. At this angle theseat-support is of box-section as shown in Figs. 5 and 6 as in this waygreat strength is obtained at this point which is subjected to thegreatest'strain in use and at the same time the dimensions of thesupport at this oint are kept so small that the support 0 ers noobstruction to free entrance to the space immediately in rear of theseat. The edges of the two pieces 20 and 25 forming the seat-support arepreferably welded together as in this way a strong joint between them iseifected and the structure is given a finished appearance. A pin 29 isprovided in the flange 21 at the upper edge of the body-portion of thesupport. The

seat-cushion 15 bears upon this flange on the body-portion with its endextending beyond the support as in this way the seat-cushion may be madeof the maximum length. The back-cushion 16 has its end secured to theback-supporting arm 19 with its rear face bearing against the flange 24:on the arm 19. The back-cushion 16 is thus of slightly less length thanthe seat-cushion 15 so that the aisle at the end of the seat is ofgreater width above the seat-cushion. If desired, the seatsupport as awhole may be curved as shown in Fig. 2 so that the base portion liesinwardly from the general plane of the support.

A slightly modified form of the seat-support above described is shown inFigs. 7 to 10 inclusive. The modifications here shown will be apparentfrom the drawings in connection with the above description. In thisseat-support the inner plate 25 has its edge bearing upon the flange 27on the outer plate 20 between the legs, whereas in the constructionshown in Fig. 2, the inner plate has .a flange at its lower edge whichflange bears on the flange 27 of the outer plate and is secured thereto.In the form shown in Figs. 7 to 10, the legs are of tubular form asshown in Fig. 10 instead of being flat on the inner side as shown inFig. 1. If desired, the two legs of the form shown in Figs. 7 to 10 maybe pressed to tubular form from separate pieces of sheet-metal andthereafter welded to the lower end of the body-portion of theseat-support, but preferably the two pieces forming the seat-support arecombined to form the leg by welding their abutting edges together.

Referring now to Figs. 11 to 14 inclusive, a further modification of thestructure will be described. In this form of the seat-support the latteris not curved but lies in the same general plane throughout. Both of thetwo pieces employed in the construction of the support extend all theway down to the floor and have their edges welded together.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new therein and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

l. A car-seat comprising a support consisting of two pieces ofsheet-metal pressed into form and secured together, both of said piecesbeing formed into a flaring portion at the lower end of the supportadapted to be secured to the floor and a body-portion having an upper,inclined, cushion-supportof the seat cushion, from the outer one of saidpieces, formed integral with said piece and havlng a flange at its rearedge, an 1ntegral extension on the inner one of said pieces secured tothe lower end of said arm, and a back-cushlon secured to sald arm,

- substantially as set forth.

2. A car seat comprising a seat cushion and a back cushion, and asupport for one end of each of the same, consisting of a sin gle pieceof sheet-metal pressed into form and having a base-portion adapted to besecured to the floor, a body-portion having an inwardly extending flangeat its upper edge, on which said seat-cushion is supported, and aback-supporting arm extending upwardly from the base portion and to therear of the seat cushion, and a second sheet-metal piece secured to thebase portion of said first piece, having a flange coacting with andstiflening said body-flange of said first piece, and having an upwardlydirected extension, overlapping the lower part of said back supportingarm and secured thereto to form therewith a box-section at the junctionof the arm and body portion of said first piece, substantially as setforth.

3. A car seat comprising a seat cushion and a back cushion, and asupport for one end of each of the same, consisting of a single piece ofsheet-metal pressed into form and having a base-portion adapted to besecured to the floor, a body-portion having an inwardly extending flangeat its upper edge, on which said seat-cushion is supported, and aback-supporting arm extending upwardly from the base portion and to therear of the seat cushion, and a second sheet-metal piece secured to saidfirst piece to stiffen the same, having a flange coacting with andcontacting said body-flange of said first piece, and having a portionrising above said body-portion, overlapping the lower part of saidback-supporting arm and secured thereto at its edges, to reinforce thejunction of the arm and body portions of said first piece, substantiallyas set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 11th day of July, 1912.

VICTOR VON SCHLEGELL.

Witnesses:

MARY B. J us'rron, L. BAUSCH.

topics of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patentm, Washington, D. 0.

